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The proportion of renters among U.S. households has increased steadily in recent months, according to the Census Bureau’s Housing Vacancy Survey. In the fourth quarter of 2008, which ended in December, there were an estimated 632,000 more renter households than during the same period a year before…
TOPIC: Housing Need
STATE: Utah
TYPE: Slideshow
DATE: July 2008
AUTHOR: Michael Glen, Utah Division of Housing and Community Development
DESCRIPTION: Details Utah’s housing profile, projected housing need, and required annual funds to meet projected needs. Presented to the Utah State…
The most recent Housing Vacancy Survey, released by the U.S. Census for the first quarter of 2008, shows that the vacancy rate for ownership units has risen to 2.9%, the highest since these data have been kept. Before the current downturn, the vacancy rate had never exceeded 2%. As a further…
A report released this week by the Louisiana Justice Institute and the Children’s Defense Fund finds that 55% of surveyed FEMA trailer residents are unsure where they will live and could easily become homeless if their parks are closed as scheduled this month. FEMA has a goal of closing all FEMA-…